Yamaha Motorcycles is releasing a SMG type clutchless
11-16-2005, 06:15 PM
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I guess that with all the exotics (Lambo, Maseratti, Ferrari, etc), BMW, Audi and now the motorcycling world offering a SMG like transmission option, I don't see this as a passing fad and feel that this will go more mainstream.
11-17-2005, 06:52 AM
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Is only the matter of time before power robbing autos will be replace by systems like SMG. In the future, the SMG will be just as reliable as autos are today.
11-17-2005, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by jet190rs' post='199605' date='Nov 17 2005, 01:48 PM
I thought all motorcycles transmissions were sequential already...?
11-17-2005, 10:46 AM
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Originally Posted by pennetta' post='199611' date='Nov 17 2005, 02:01 PM
Motorcycles are true sequential transmissions, the E60, M3 and Z4 are not. The new M5/M6 are however.
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I dont know if sequential is the right word to use.. but the M5/M6 gear shift pattern layout is not triditional...
NOT
1 3 5
2 4 6
but is somthing like
R 1 2 4
7 6 5 3
its odd... I'll have to look for the pic.
here is it...
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I dont know if sequential is the right word to use.. but the M5/M6 gear shift pattern layout is not triditional...
NOT
1 3 5
2 4 6
but is somthing like
R 1 2 4
7 6 5 3
its odd... I'll have to look for the pic.
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Sequential, as it relates to a tranny, means that you MUST go through each gear to get to the next one. Autos have designs that let you go from 1st directly to 4th, 3rd to 1st, etc. A sequential is like a motorcycles transmission, in order to go from 1st to 4th you must go through 2ndf and 3rd. BMW's act like a sequential because of the electronics but the actual tranny is a typical 6-speed and not specifically designed for SMG. The external shifting mechanism was designed to work with the traditional tranny. In the new M5/M6 I understand the tranny was designed from scratch to be a sequential unit, thus making the electronics/hydraulics simpler.
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